Utilization of estuarine organic matter during growth and migration by juvenile brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus in a South Texas estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 199, Issue , 2000, Pages 205-216

  Riera, P ^a,c   Montagna, P A ^b   Kalke, R D ^b   Richard, P ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Food sources; Migration; Nursery area; Penaeus aztecus; 13C and 15N

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FOOD SOURCE; ORGANIC MATTER; SIZE; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

GROWTH; MIGRATION; ORGANIC MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; INVERTEBRATA; PENAEUS; PENAEUS AZTECUS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA SPARTINAE;

EID: 0034717606     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps199205     Document Type: Article

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